Nail-puller.



I. N. HALEY.

NAIL FULLER.

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ISAAC NEWTON HALEY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NAIL-PULLER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

` Patented Get. '7, 1913.

Application filed September 30, 1912. Serial No. 723,145.

To all'wlzom t may concern Be it known that I, IsAAo N. I-IALEY, acitizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Nail-Pullers, of which the `following is alspecification. Y

My invention relates to improvements in nail pullers, the object of theinvention being to provide a device of this character which insures afirm gripping of the nail to compel the extraction of the latter whenthe device is operated.

A further object is to provide a nail puller which embodies two nailgripping members with a longitudinally movable handle mounted `to movebetween the members and having a wedge portion to compel the members totightly grip the nail when the handle is forced downwardly A furtherobject isto provide a nail puller of this character which iscomparatively simple in construction, neat and attractive in appearance,and strong and durable in use.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction Vand combinations and arrangements ofparts as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view in side elevationillustrating my improved nail puller in operative position, the upperend of the handle being broken away. Fig. 2 is a view in cross sectionon t-heline 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in `longitudinalsection throughV the base member illustrating the nail gripping membersand the handle in elevation with the parts in the same position as shownin Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the nail grippingVmembers. Fig. 5 is a broken perspective view of the handle. Fig. 6 is aperspective view of the other gripping member. Fig. 7 is a brokenperspective view of the base member, and Fig. 8 is a perspective view ofthe side plate 14.

My impro-ved device comprises a base member 1 which is in the form of acasting having parallel sides 2, 2, formed with longitudinal slots 3therein and integral with a curved claw 4 at one end and a milled hammerhead 5 at its other end. The hammer head 5 has cast therein a bar 6 ofeX- tremly hard metal which extends at both ends beyond the base and isadapted to be used for depressing the wood at the sides of the nail headlO to form an entrance for gripping jaws 7, 7, at the ends of myimproved gripping members 8 and 9 respectively. The gripping members 8and 9 are pivotally supported adjacent their lower ends Y by rivets l1which are extended through registering openings 12 and 13 in the base land members 8 and 9 respectively, and also through openings in acovering plate 14 which is located at one side of the base 1 and extendsabove the base opposite an integral extension plate 14EL on the base l,as' seen mostl clearly in Figs. l, 3, and 7.

The upper end of base l on the shorter side thereof, is recessed asshown at 3a to form an entrance for the slot 3 which facilitates theassembling of the parts as will more fully hereinafter appear. The base1, adjacent its upper end, is provided with openings 15 to receiverivets 16. These rivets 16 are also projected through the plate 14, andthey extend through slots 17 in members 8 and 9 respectively, so thatthey limit the pivotal movement of the members.

Between the members 8 and 9, my improved handle 18 is positioned, andcomprises a bar having a longitudinal slot 19 therein through which arivet 2O connect-ing the upper ends of plate 14 and extension 14aproject. The lower end of the handle 18 is provided with a transverselyprojecting block 2l which is movable in the slots 3, and may be readilypositioned in the slot at the recess 3a, and this lower portion of thehandle is enlarged transversely forming a wedge 22, the edges of whichengage the inner edges of members 8 and 9 above the pivot-al po-ints ofthe latter, so that when the handle is forced downwardly, this wedge 22serves to force the upper portion of the members 18 and 9 apart andpress their lower ends together, so that the jaws 7, 7, securely Gripthe nail. The upper end of plate 14 1s thicker than the lower portionforming a shoulder 14b which ts over the upper edge of the casting atone side and closes the upper recessed end 3a of slot 3.

The members 8 and 9 are bowed between their ends and member 8 isbifurcated as shown at 23 to straddle the handle 18 and allow themembers to be gripped at opposite sides of the handle to readilymanipulate the members to separate the jaws 7 when one hand is grippedaround the upper ends of the members S and 9 and the handle 18. In otherwords, in operating the device, one end is gripped around the upper endsof the members 8 and 9 to draw them toward the handle, thus spreadingthe jaws 7, 7, apart,

it being of course, understood that the han-Y Y in this position, thehandle 18 is drawn to one side with the claw 4 as a ulcrum, so that thenail is drawn out of the wood. 1f the nail be long, and the move-mentabove described does not draw it entirely out of the wood, the head maybe gripped by the claw and the hammer end 5 operated as a ulcrum to drawthe nail entirely out of the wood.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I donot limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myselfat liberty to malte such changes and alterations as fairly fall withinthe spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

1. A nail puller comprising a base member having parallel slotted sides,and side plates at opposite sides of the base member, nail grippingmembers pivotally connected to the base member andy having slots thereinabove other pivotal connection, devices projected through the basemember and the side plates and through the slots in the nail grippingmembers, a handle member positioned between the nail gripping membersand having a wedge shaped enlargement adapted to engage the nailgripping members, a transverse bar on the handle movable in the slots inthe casting, said handle Copies of this patent may be obtained for vecents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. L Y

having a longitudinal slot therein, and a rivet rojected through theupper ends of the sic e plates and through said slot in the handle,substantially as described.

2. A nail puller comprising a base having an extension thereonconstituting a fulcrum', nail gripping members pivotally supported bythe base, and a wedge shaped hanc le connected to the base and movablelongitudinally between the nail gripping members, whereby the movementof the handle in one direction forces lthe ends of the nail ygrippingmembers toward each other, substantially as described.,

3. A nail puller comprising a base having an extension thereonconstituting a fulcrum nail gripping members pivotally supported by thebase, and a wed e shaped handle connected to the base an movable-longitudif nally between the nail gripping members, whereby themovement of the handle in one direction forces the ends of the nailgripping members toward each other, and said nail gripping membersextended above the base and adapted to be moved to-ward the handle tomove them apart at their nail engaging ends, substantiallyas described.

1. A nail puller comprising a base having an extension thereonconstituting a ulcrum,

nail gripping members pivot-ally supported by the base, and a wedgeshaped handle connected to the base anl movable longitudinally betweenthe nail gripping members, whereby the movement of the handle in onedirect-ion forces the Vends of the nail gripping members toward eachother, and said soV nail gripping members extended above the base andadapted to be moved toward the handle to move them apart at theirnailen-V gagingends, one of said nail gripping mem.`

bers bifurcated at its upper end and adapted to receive the handle insaid bifurcated end, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthepresence of two subscribing witnesses. w Y v rsAAc NEWTON HALEY.

Witnesses:

CEAS. E. Po'r'rs, JOSHUA R. H. Por'rs.

Washington, D. C. v

